New Liberty Bank Branch Plans Weeklong Celebration

Business Notes

July 07, 1997

There will be a ribbon-cutting ceremony July 7 for Liberty Bank's newest community banking office at 486 Main St., Middlefield. The celebration will continue throughout the week, with free mugs, coffee and doughnuts. In addition, visitors can register for a chance to win two tickets to a James Taylor concert at Oakdale in Wallingford and dinner for two.

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Walbro Corp. is sponsoring the next Greater Meriden Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours. Walbro manufactures auto fuel systems. It recently expanded with a new 150,000-square-foot building in Meriden's enterprise zone. Their two Gracey Avenue and North Colony Street facilities combined create more than 270,000 square feet. The expansion won the governor's first annual Team CT Economic Development Project Award in 1996. The meeting will be July 17 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at 508 N. Colony St. in Meriden. It will also be a chance to network with business leaders, enjoy refreshments and win door prizes. The host will be plant manager Stan Sarnowski. Attendees will be given a tour of the new manufacturing facility. RSVP's are requested by July 11. For more information, call Mary Ann Jurek at the chamber (203) 235-7901.

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D.A. Weibring, the champion of the 1996 Canon GHO will speak at the Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce monthly breakfast meeting. The meeting will be July 22 at the Radisson Hotel and Conference Center in Cromwell from 7:45 to 9 a.m. Weibring, who turned professional in 1975, has five tour victories and two international victories. His victory at the 1996 GHO was one of the year's most inspiring stories. After overcoming a bout with walking pneumonia in January 1996, he was diagnosed with Bell's palsy, which caused the right side of his face to swell and become paralyzed. After recovering for seven weeks, he was ready to go back on tour. His return was an incredible one; he moved to within one stroke of Kevin Sutherland's lead with a second round 65, his low round of the year. His closing score of 67 gave him a four-stroke victory over Tom Kite. He has his own design and management company, theGolf Resources Group, which has been in business for nine years. The cost of the breakfast is $15 for members and senior citizens and $25 for nonmembers. Call the chamber to make your reservation at (860) 347- 6924.

Also, there will be an East Haddam/Haddam Division meeting July 9 at 8 a.m. at Hale N' Hearty Restaurant, Town Street, East Haddam. East Haddam and Haddam land use administrators, planning and zoning officials and economic development commissions have been working to coordinate new sign regulations and better directional signs on Route 9. For more information, call Johanna Wood at the chamber at (860) 347- 6924.

The 1997 expo committee has been meeting for the past four months, organizing an expo that will be unforgettable. The expo will be at the Radisson Hotel and Conference Center Oct. 31, Nov. 1 and 2. The Middlesex expo provides an opportunity for people in the community to join together with family and friends in discovering the goods and services offered by more than 119 businesses throughout Middlesex County. Bill Sheedy, associate publisher of The Hartford Courant, is chairman of this year's committee. The list of committee members include Brian Armet, Loureiro Engineering Associates; Thomas Byrne, Connecticut Rental Center; Matthew Conroy, Gull Associates Inc.; Nancy Cronin, A.R. Mazzotta Employment; Claudia DeFrance, Simply Elegant; Bud Fallon, Yankee Gas Services Co.; Corinne Gill, Middletown Commission on the Arts; Kathy Giuffrida, Millane Nurseries; Brian Gouin, CBN Security; Catherine Hartney, Radisson Hotel; Mary Ann Krenz-Rice, Davis, Daley & Krenz; Kal London, All American Travel; Lynn McPhelimy, Presto! Press; Maryann O'Brien, Liberty Bank; Donald Ondusky, Middlesex Mental Health; Carol Potash, Grove Hill Medical Center; Robert Ruggiero, Lake Grove at Durham; Ellen Rusconi-Black, Kuhn Employment; Stan Stachura, A.C.E.S. Inc.; Kathy Talevi, Talevi Enterprises; Karen Wall, Mercy High School; and Gregg Wilson, Connecticut Yankee. There are more than 50 businesses on a waiting list for the expo, and the chamber is accepting businesses for the 1998 list. Sponsorship has increased this year, although sponsorship offers are still being accepted.

The chamber is having the annualGHO Business After Work meeting July 14 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Holiday Inn of Cromwell. There will be hors d'oeuvres, wine, beer and soft drinks. For reservations or information, call the chamber.